Process of constructing reinforced-concrete barges, ships, or vessels.



i .s. o. HENDRICKS,

PROCESS OF CONSTRUCT ING REINFORCED CONCRETE B ARGES, SHIPS, 0R VESSELS.

APPLICATION FILED AUG.5. 1916.

Y Patented Dec. 19,1916.

sEw Rn D. HENDRICKS, OF BUFFALO,NEW YORK.

PROCESS or CONSTRUCTING REINFORCED-CONCRETE .B-KReEs, s iirs'on vnssnLs.7

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SEWARI) D. HEN- DRICKS, a citizen of-t'he UnitedStates, resid ing at Buffalo, Erie county, State of New York, havelnvented certain new and useful Improvements in the Process of vConstructing Reinforced Concrete Barges,

Ships, or Vessels, of'which thefollowing is a specification.

My invention relates to barges, ships or vessels of any shape or sizemade from reinforced-concrete or other material formed by concretion.

It consists of a new and useful method or process of constructingbarges, ships or vesselsof this character.

In the accompanying drawing, whichis illustrative and in no waylimitative, Figure 1 is a side view-of a reinforced-concrete frame whichis cast as a-nionolith; Fig. '2 is a side view of a reinforced-concreteside of a barge which side is cast as a monolith "with the outsideframa- Figs. 3 and L4 show some of the elements of the barge inspacedrelation before casting the bottom and ends.- Fig. 5 shows themetal reinforcements 6 .pro-

jecting from the bottom surfaces .of the frames and sides .to besuitably connected to the reinforcements of the bottom. Metal reinforcinin the frames and sides projects vfronithe r bottom surface (6 in Fig.5) and suitably connects and supports the reinforcing metal of the.reinforced concrete bottom to the frames and sides and other precastmembers of the barge.

The method is to cast the frames, trusses, sides, slides with frames ortrusses together, keelsons, girders, beams, bulkheads, partitions orother members of any desired shape or size of reinforced-concrete as amonolith;

after each monolith of concrete has set properly, to erect and suitablysupport them in their proper positions as is shownin Figs. 3 and 4. Thebottom and ends are now cast as a monolith of reinforced-concrete.

Specification ofLetters Patent.

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Having thus described my invention, I chum andxlesire to secure byLetters Patent,

1. The method of constructing barges,

- ships or vessels of any shape or size of reinforced-concrete or othermass formed by concretion, which consists in casting frames,trusses,-sides,- sides with frames or trusses together, ,keelsons,girders,- beams, bulkheads, partitions or other members of any desiredshape or size, of reinforced-concrete or other concretive material, asmonoliths;

of'reinforced-concrete or other mass formed by concretion, whichconsists of casting frames, trusses, sides, sides with frames or trussestogether, keelsons, girders, beams,

any desired shape or size of reinforced-concrete or other concretiousmaterial as monoliths, having metal embedded and projecting from thesurface of the ,p recast frames, trusses, sides, sideswi'th frames ortrusses together, 'keelsons, girders, beams,- bulkheads, partitions orother members, which projecting metal is suitably fastened to andsupports the metal reinforcing of the bottom and ends; erecting andsuitably supporting in their proper position these frames, trusses,sides, sides with frames or trusses together, keelsons, girders, beams,bulkheads, partitions or other precast members after they have suitablyset and cured; casting the bottom and ends as a monolith or in suitablesections. 1 SEWARD D. HENDRICKS. Witnesses;

JNO. C. MARVIN, ALBERT H. YOIIANNAN.

Patented Dec. 19, 1916., Application filed August 5, 1916. Serial No.113,385. i

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